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T T V Dinakaran, Sasikala’s nephew and general secretary of an AIADMK faction has alleged that the IT raids conducted against Sasikala family members in various parts of the country were carried out at the behest of Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamy and his AIADMK group and by the Centre with a view to drive them out from the political arena.

The IT department on October 9 morning raided the office of Jaya TV channel at Eekkaatuthangal in Chennai, and the premises of several relatives of V K Sasikala including Dinakaran, Dhinakaran, Vivek Jayaraman (Sasikala’s nephew) who runs the channel and Ilavarasi’s daughter in Tamil Nadu.

Who is a Tamilian? Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth in response to this poser, answered the question himself at an interaction with his fans
in Chennai on May 19. "You have made me a Tamilian", Rajinikanth said to a cheering audience of his fans.

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on May 19 countered crticis in the social media who questioned his credentials to enter politics on the
ground that he was not a Tamil, and maintained that he was very much a Tamil, and was determined to help the Tamils. "I am a
pachai Tamizhan", he declared.

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth has asked his fans to be battle-fit and be ready for war when it comes. The statement on May 19 has
indicated that Rajinikanth could take the plunge into politics ahead of the next general elections.

The indefinite bus strike by employees of Tamil Nadu transport corporations which began on May 15 has been called off by the unions following talks with the State Government on May 16 night. Normal bus services would be resumed from May 17 morning, the unions announced.

Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram, was taken by CBI to his office in
Nungambakkam, Chennai, for further questioning in connection with the charges with relation to INX Media funding.

Former Union Finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram has hit out at the BJP Government for targeting him, his family,
his son Karti Chidambaram and his friends using the CBI and other agencies.

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, as is customary prior to the release of his film, deliberately threw hints about a possible political entry but
made it clear that he would not support those who tried to make money from politics, and asked his fans not be disappointed if he
did not enter politics.

Tamil Nadu bus transport corporation unions have announced that their indefinite strike would begin on May 15 morning, as wage revision talks with the Tamil Nadu Government failed on Sunday. Bus services in several areas were affected from Sunday evening itself as bus workers resorted to flash strikes. Economically weaker sections and the lower middle classes would be hit by the strike.

Dravidian die-hard Muthuvel Karunanidhi has emerged as a national leader in the past two decades. An important factor in national politics, Karunanidhi's 94th birthday fete on June 3 is being used to project him as a key player in the national scene in the run-up to the Presidential polls and a pillar for the platform against the BJP and the NDA in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

'Thala' Ajith's Vivegam teaser has crossed 6 million views in just 12 hours, breaking all kinds of records. From dimly lit silhouettes,
shots of a man vrooming away on a mobike, facing bullets, Ajith looks fit and raring to go in this Tamil spy thriller.

Fans of Superstar Rajinikanth will have an opportunity to meet him during a 5-day stint in Chennai from May 15. Although
Rajinikanth has denied any move to enter politics, his fans are mounting pressure on him to take the plunge, taking advantage of the
present political situation after the death of AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa.

A police team from New Delhi, led by assistant commissioner Sanjay Sherawath, brought AIADMK (Amma) faction deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran to Chennai on April 27 for further probe into his alleged attempt to bribe an Election Commission official to secure the AIADMK Two Leaves symbol.

The AIADMK (Puratchithalai Amma) party led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam has demanded that the AIADMK (Amma) release resignation letters from V K Sasikala, and her nephew T T V Dhinakaran, and the party's official confirmation that all relatives of Sasikala had been removed from party membership.

A high-level team from the Delhi Police Crime Branch served summons on former deputy general secretary of AIADM (Amma) party, T T V Dhinakaran, in connection with the Rs 50 crore bribery charge to secure the AIADMK Two Leaves symbol from the Election Commission.